spray bottle - jay or nay

[TOPSLIDER]

do any of you spray your slide with water during a practice or performance session? back when i played a lot, a few did, most did not ... just curious.

[Elow]

I do before rehearsal starts and keep my pouch of lubricants at my seat, but i dont typically use any during practice. I find as i play it stays working well, if im sitting for most the time then i might if it feels slightly bad.

[Posaunus]

Good slide, clean, a few drops of lubricant (Yamaha or Slide-O- Mix), a brief mist of distilled water on the lower end of the slide: will typically last through an entire set (< 2 hours) before another water spray.

[DaveAshley]

I've been using the Yamaha lube for several years now. The trick with that stuff is to NOT use water!
(Still, I give it a spritz occasionally, if it starts feeling slow.)

If I were using any other brand, I would spray far more often.

[Burgerbob]

I haven't used water in a decade, I think. No problems.

[MTbassbone]

I haven't used water in a decade, I think. No problems.

Aiden what are you using? Ultra Pure?

[Burgerbob]

I haven't used water in a decade, I think. No problems.

Aiden what are you using? Ultra Pure?

Yamaha on all horns. I tried Ultra-Pure, it was ok but not better than Yamaha.

[officermayo]

I keep the small Yamaha spray bottle in my pocket (about the size of a lipstick). I mean, one doesn't need a gallon of water in their mute bag. Now, a flask? That's completely different.

[Vegasbound]

I've been using the Yamaha lube for several years now. The trick with that stuff is to NOT use water!
(Still, I give it a spritz occasionally, if it starts feeling slow.)

If I were using any other brand, I would spray far more often.

^^^^^^This^^^^^^^^^

[timothy42b]

I never spray, and I can get several days before relubing. I think the spray just washes the lube off.

That said, there's plenty of humidity in my breath, and condensation in the slide, so it's not just the lubricant without water.

[SteveFoote]

Suoerslick cream and Superslick Plus oil. Spray with tap water before playing and may spray again if the slide gets sticky because I haven't re-lubed or if it is sluggish because I used too much Superslick. Not really fastidious about slide action. The spray bottle is about $1.00 at Wal-Mart. I usually buy 2 or 3 at a time as I am bad to loose them and I even give some away.